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New research on politics fact-checking shows growth and influence

April 22, 2015

The American Press Institute releases three new reports on the politics fact-checking and its effects.

Checking in on our TV network scorecards

April 22, 2015

The rating for more accurate claims moves down slightly on CNN, while the percentage of inaccurate claims on Fox and MSNBC is unchanged.

Bernie Sanders says half of Americans have less than $10,000 in savings accounts

April 21, 2015

Bernie Sanders, the Independent senator from Vermont mulling a run for president, told an Austin crowd a lot of Americans have very little saved for a rainy day.

 

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A presidential shout-out for the Obameter

April 21, 2015

President Barack Obama welcomes the Ohio State Buckeyes to the White House to celebrate their national football championship -- and mentions our political promise tracker, the Obameter.

PunditFact fact-checks the April 19 news shows

April 19, 2015

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is thinking of challenging 2016 Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

Marco Rubio and a gay marriage constitutional amendment: what we know

April 17, 2015

MSNBC points to a Christian Coalition survey as evidence the senator supports a federal law, but there's no other mention of that position, which his campaign denies.

PunditFact previews the April 19 news shows

April 17, 2015

Every Friday, PunditFact gives you the first look at guests on the Sunday news shows. On Sunday, we see if what they said is true. You can read how they fared here or weekly in the Daily Beast.

PolitiFact wants your feedback

April 15, 2015

We're thinking of building a PolitiFact plug-in (Web extension) to make it easier for users to request fact-checks. Could you take our quick nine-question survey so that we do it right?

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